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but it will all be for naught if you reward him by not electing president obama. if you want cooperation over conflict, if you want people to walk through the same door and sit down at the same table and behave like grown-ups, you have to re-elect president obama. [ cheers and applause ] >> former president bill clinton stumping for president barack obama. election day just two days away and so could former president clinton make a real difference in the outcome of the election? and how about the economy? we'll talk about what could be a deciding factor come election day. maybe somewhere around my house. mine's just, right over that way. well you can find out exactly where it is using bing elections. it's a good day for politics. which way do you lean politically? conservative. republican. well, using the bing news selector you can find news from whichever way you lean. (together) social on this side, financial. which party is currently predicted to win a majority in the senate? the republicans? would you make a bet on that? no. are you chicken? tdd#: 1-800-345-25
but it will all be for naught if you reward him by not electing president obama. if you want cooperation over conflict, if you want people to walk through the same door and sit down at the same table and behave like grown-ups, you have to re-elect president obama. [ cheers and applause ] >> former president bill clinton stumping for president barack obama. election day just two days away and so could former president clinton make a real difference in the outcome of the election? and how...
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. >> thanks so much to john king. >> thank you. >>> if obama does win ohio and the election, he may owe it to a move he made at the very beginning of his presidency. the auto bailout. one in eight jobs in ohio can belinged to the auto industry, so voters may be inclined to pay him back with a second term. perfect pairing here tonight. i'm thrilled to have you both. john, dead heat nationally for the race. the president has maintained his lead in ohio as john king just characterized. how much of that is due to the auto bailout? >> i think a lot. that piece that he wrote let detroit go bankrupt back in 2008. i think it's dogged him all along. he won ohio just narrowly over rick santorum. won his home state in the primaries, so he's been weak out there particularly in auto country from the beginning and i think it's showing up now the general election as well. >> let's get straight to that. it was titled "let detroit go bankrupt." they argue about it in the debate. let me play the back and forth first. here it is. >> they need to go through bankruptcy to get rid of excess cost and the debt
. >> thanks so much to john king. >> thank you. >>> if obama does win ohio and the election, he may owe it to a move he made at the very beginning of his presidency. the auto bailout. one in eight jobs in ohio can belinged to the auto industry, so voters may be inclined to pay him back with a second term. perfect pairing here tonight. i'm thrilled to have you both. john, dead heat nationally for the race. the president has maintained his lead in ohio as john king just...
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furthermore, in the last election, 2008, 300,000 evangelicals did not turn out and obama won by, what, 260,000. there's all sorts of reasons. let me say something about the ground game. that's what -- this is my tenth presidential race. i started on the ground game. my first job, i was the butt end of an elephant in lincoln day parade. i know about the ground game. at some point, every time you ask the obama people what's so great about their ground game, they tell you how many offices they have. there's a rate of diminishing return. there's only so many voters that turn out. there's only so many phone calls you can make. if you don't have -- if they're not turning out for anything, then it doesn't matter how good your ground game is. our ground game is completely effective and it's proved itself over and over in the midterm elections. it is true what james is saying, they have this new microtargeting having your high school girlfriend call you or some of your twitter friends or something like that. if it works, it scares me, actually. >> you said you were the butt end of the elephant
furthermore, in the last election, 2008, 300,000 evangelicals did not turn out and obama won by, what, 260,000. there's all sorts of reasons. let me say something about the ground game. that's what -- this is my tenth presidential race. i started on the ground game. my first job, i was the butt end of an elephant in lincoln day parade. i know about the ground game. at some point, every time you ask the obama people what's so great about their ground game, they tell you how many offices they...
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we know that the election is about the economy. it is about, you know, two different visions in terms of an obama plan that basically suggests raising taxes on the wealthy, you know, to lower the deficit and romney plan that suggests tax reform that ultimately will produce higher growth. you know, i'm not so sure that either one of those have been detailed specifically so that voters understand, but, nonetheless, that's what tuesday is all about. >> earlier this week, bill, you spoke to cnbc and you sounded a litt little, let's say, jaded about the election. let's listen to what you said and then we'll talk about it on the other side. >> we spent $5 billion on this election for what? to prove that it's a government of the superpac by the superpac for the superpac to prove that basically who wins at this point we'll be at four years in the future. but let's look to something different as opposed to this red and blue state theology that is basically the same. >> does the matter which candidates wins then or do you think we're headed
we know that the election is about the economy. it is about, you know, two different visions in terms of an obama plan that basically suggests raising taxes on the wealthy, you know, to lower the deficit and romney plan that suggests tax reform that ultimately will produce higher growth. you know, i'm not so sure that either one of those have been detailed specifically so that voters understand, but, nonetheless, that's what tuesday is all about. >> earlier this week, bill, you spoke to...
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my partners david and steven and i worked very hard to get obama elected in 2008. and i will support him. and i will vote for him this year. because i think that the alternatives is a nightmare. however, i do disagree with several things that the president has been stating. i mean -- >> such as? >> which military judge will go against the commander in chief when the commander in chief, obama, declared publicly on television that bradley manning had broken the law. who is going to go against the commander in chief? come on. let's get real here. >> well, i know -- you bring up a point that leads me right into my next question. his case heads to court in february. how confident are you that he can get a fair trial? >> there's not going to be a fair trial here. >> let me ask you this. why won't there be a fair trial? because there may be a lot of people like you who support him. >> do you think that being tortured for ten months is going to result in a fair trial? a fair trial by military judges, who will not go against the opinion of their commander in chief? does thi
my partners david and steven and i worked very hard to get obama elected in 2008. and i will support him. and i will vote for him this year. because i think that the alternatives is a nightmare. however, i do disagree with several things that the president has been stating. i mean -- >> such as? >> which military judge will go against the commander in chief when the commander in chief, obama, declared publicly on television that bradley manning had broken the law. who is going to go...
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a high turnout, a true democratic turnout, will absolutely re-elect obama. >> yeah, and some states, from what i understand, the voting forums are like 30 pages to go through. it's going to be interesting. >> i really think that another long-term job is to look at this voting situation very seriously because florida in 2000 was actually won by gore as every later survey showed, and yet, it went to bush. i mean, we have a very, very flawed votingsystem. but the good thing i see as i travel is that people, especially women, are not only ready to vote, they will fight to vote. they will not go away until they vote. >> as everyone should. gloria steinem, thank you so much. appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >>> late night comedians proving they aren't afraid to take on anyone. even a hurricane. find out what letterman and his pals had to say about super storm sandy. >>> hey, you know, they did not have halloween in new jersey wednesday night. governor chris christie postponed it by executive order until monday. however, he did spend the day scaring the held out of republicans by pr
a high turnout, a true democratic turnout, will absolutely re-elect obama. >> yeah, and some states, from what i understand, the voting forums are like 30 pages to go through. it's going to be interesting. >> i really think that another long-term job is to look at this voting situation very seriously because florida in 2000 was actually won by gore as every later survey showed, and yet, it went to bush. i mean, we have a very, very flawed votingsystem. but the good thing i see as i...
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obama has accomplished. you know, if the participation rate was the same today as it was when the recovery began -- not too long ago, mr. goolsbee, the unemployment rate would be 9.6%. in fact, baby boomer's participation is actually increasing. because in this poor economy, their retirement accounts are worth so little and they're not getting any interest on their cds that they're going back to work. the labor force -- >> hold on a second. but, peter, peter, peter, peter, peter, we're four days from election. just tell me, we -- if you want to relitigate the recession, we can do that. we'll need another hour to do that. let's talk about job creation. both presidential candidates have made a promise they will create 12 million jobs in four years. once was in world war ii, the last two times were under reagan and clinton where economic growth was in excess of 4%. your an economist. are you thinking we're going to get 4% growth in the next couple of years? >> yeah, i do. if mr. romney is elected, we will get 4
obama has accomplished. you know, if the participation rate was the same today as it was when the recovery began -- not too long ago, mr. goolsbee, the unemployment rate would be 9.6%. in fact, baby boomer's participation is actually increasing. because in this poor economy, their retirement accounts are worth so little and they're not getting any interest on their cds that they're going back to work. the labor force -- >> hold on a second. but, peter, peter, peter, peter, peter, we're...
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final push for president obama, mitt romney with the election five days away. it's kind of a game of inches, i guess. cnn's latest poll of polls has president obama at 48%, governor romney at 47%. after getting an eyeful from the damage from sandy in new jersey, first stop for the president will be green bay, wisconsin. brianna keilar is there for us this morning. hey, brianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. president obama will be here in a few hours, holding an event here at the airport. this obviously does come on the heels of spending all day yesterday touring the devastation in new jersey and touring the devastation with one of mitt romney's most effective surrogates, chris christie. this was an opportunity, obviously, for president obama to really flex his presidential muscle. i think people can say he did that effectively and also politically, not great for mitt romney as he was trying to surge up politically. some people may wonder if that's reflective in that cnn poll of polls, the president ahead by one point. that's something we ha
final push for president obama, mitt romney with the election five days away. it's kind of a game of inches, i guess. cnn's latest poll of polls has president obama at 48%, governor romney at 47%. after getting an eyeful from the damage from sandy in new jersey, first stop for the president will be green bay, wisconsin. brianna keilar is there for us this morning. hey, brianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. president obama will be here in a few hours, holding an event...
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president obama's in ohio. john king is in cincinnati of course with cnn election team. and we have people spread out all over
president obama's in ohio. john king is in cincinnati of course with cnn election team. and we have people spread out all over
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they know they're paying twice as much for gasoline than they did when obama got elected. policy of higher energy prices, which he brags about. he thinks that's a good idea. >> when you mention the gas, christine romans rolled her eyes. we'll get back to christine on the gas thing. that's a whole other conversation. but i want to bring in robert gibbs. i think you answer some interesting points and i want to pose those questions to him. >> good morning. >> if these numbers -- we've been talking about that line, if these numbers are ohioer than predicted, which is 7.9%, how devastating is this for the campaign? it's bad, suspect it? >> i don't want to get into the prediction business. we'll know soon enough. if you look at what we're likely to see is the 32nd consecutive month of job growth. we went through an economic calamity that this country hasn't been through in 80 years. we spent four years digging out of that huge hole. we've added in that 32 months probably -- more than 5 million jobs. we'll know exactly how many after we see the report. but we're moving this count
they know they're paying twice as much for gasoline than they did when obama got elected. policy of higher energy prices, which he brags about. he thinks that's a good idea. >> when you mention the gas, christine romans rolled her eyes. we'll get back to christine on the gas thing. that's a whole other conversation. but i want to bring in robert gibbs. i think you answer some interesting points and i want to pose those questions to him. >> good morning. >> if these numbers --...
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just five days away from the presidential election, president obama, mitt romney, are hitting the swing states hard, trying to get votes there. how will the storm affect their campaigns? we'll talk about that with congressman elijah cummings, senator bob menendez, and congresswoman marcsha blackburn our guests this morning. >> lots ahead. thank you. >>> all right. it is 42 minutes past the hour. the power of hurricane sandy was felt on staten island, across the harbor from manhattan and brooklyn. the island's south shore took a beating from the storm surge. check out the damage in the great kills section, and now there's more danger in the water. a northern new jersey oil facility has leaked 336,000 gallons of fuel along the arthur kill, the tidal waterway that celebrates staten island from new jersey. and we have some stunning images to show you out of connecticut. cnn ireporter george dupont shot these boats. they're piled on top of each other at a boatyard on bluff animal and there are other homes nearby. george says he has lived in this area for about 30 years and he has never seen
just five days away from the presidential election, president obama, mitt romney, are hitting the swing states hard, trying to get votes there. how will the storm affect their campaigns? we'll talk about that with congressman elijah cummings, senator bob menendez, and congresswoman marcsha blackburn our guests this morning. >> lots ahead. thank you. >>> all right. it is 42 minutes past the hour. the power of hurricane sandy was felt on staten island, across the harbor from...
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this is the final report before the presidential election on tuesday. it shows the economy added 171,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%. here's what president obama said about these numbers this morning in ohio. >> today our businesses have created nearly 5.5 million new jobs, and this morning we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> i want to talk about the economics and the politics of the report with our chief business correspondent ali velshi and john avalon. they're in ohio talking to the voters. ali, let's start with you since you have an economics, numbers guy here. >> yeah. >> we looked at this, and the economy stated by cnn money, they were twpg 125,000 jobs, so this number was higher at 171,000. so you have figures in august and september, also higher than we thought. what do we say about the overall growth and the health of the economy and the recovery? >> you and i talked about this before. i like the jobs creation or job loss numbers. the establishment su
this is the final report before the presidential election on tuesday. it shows the economy added 171,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%. here's what president obama said about these numbers this morning in ohio. >> today our businesses have created nearly 5.5 million new jobs, and this morning we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> i want to talk about the economics and the politics of the...
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. >> and with just four days left before that election, president obama and mitt romney are back on message, stressing their economic credentials. the candidates are making a final, frantic push in the battleground states and this morning they're laying out their closing arguments in op-ed just published on krb.com. we have it. our website. romney on unemployment, we've watched as one party has pushed through its agenda without compromising with the other party. we watched gridlock and petty conflict dominate while chronic unemployment go unaddressed. the bickering has to end. i will end it. president obama, defending his record. the war in iraq is over, osama bin laden is dead, and our heroes are coming home. our businesses have created more than 5 million new jobs in the last 2 1/2 years, home values and 401(k)s are rising. we are less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last 20 years and the american auto industry is back on track. very much on message. today they're saying it on cnn.com, special op-eds that only we have. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in wash
. >> and with just four days left before that election, president obama and mitt romney are back on message, stressing their economic credentials. the candidates are making a final, frantic push in the battleground states and this morning they're laying out their closing arguments in op-ed just published on krb.com. we have it. our website. romney on unemployment, we've watched as one party has pushed through its agenda without compromising with the other party. we watched gridlock and...
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president obama is going to get a look at the damage himself just days before the election. he'll tour the flood zones in new jersey. with someone he's often at odds with, we were talking about earlier this morning. governor chris christie. he says listen, i call them as i see them. sometimes i'll praise him, sometimes i won't. we'll talk with jen psaki from the obama campaign. that's all ahead at "starting point." >> all right, fantastic. >>> superstorm sandy brought air and ground traffic to a halt. a grinding halt. two of the three major new york airports are reopening but look at laguardia. closed. still. due to flooding. who knows when, if it will open any time soon. cnn's richard quest has the gloomy traffic picture for us. he is live this morning in atlanta. hey, richard. >> good morning to you, from the cnn center. yes, we have the three major airports still closed, new york, jfk, laguardia, and newark. but as you said, better news about putting a bit of a smile, is that new work is actually going to reopen. kennedy not until lunch time. but newark opens in just ten
president obama is going to get a look at the damage himself just days before the election. he'll tour the flood zones in new jersey. with someone he's often at odds with, we were talking about earlier this morning. governor chris christie. he says listen, i call them as i see them. sometimes i'll praise him, sometimes i won't. we'll talk with jen psaki from the obama campaign. that's all ahead at "starting point." >> all right, fantastic. >>> superstorm sandy brought...
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in which case president obama would be re-elected. that's also a clear possibility. there's also a possibility that in all these tight races that we have seen in these battleground states that they could all tip in one direction -- in either direction, either candidate. and that this election might not be close at all in the end in the electoral college because of the battleground states. so we don't know. but there are a lot of different permutations out there about how this could go election night. >> we'll find out in five days. >> we will. >> gloria, thank you. let's get back to the aftermath of sandy. new jersey governor chris christie is speaking now. let's listen in. >> i, yesterday, spoke to 12 of my governor colleagues around the country, republicans and democrats, all of them agreed to send workers to new jersey to restore power. the president gave me his word yesterday that it was going to take them too long to drive here that he would send c-130 transport planes to load their equipment and themselves and fly them to new jersey. we've met with fema this af
in which case president obama would be re-elected. that's also a clear possibility. there's also a possibility that in all these tight races that we have seen in these battleground states that they could all tip in one direction -- in either direction, either candidate. and that this election might not be close at all in the end in the electoral college because of the battleground states. so we don't know. but there are a lot of different permutations out there about how this could go election...